Pan European Forest Clearcutting: PEFC-certified old-growth forest destruction in Finland 2003

March 2003. Kurikkavaara, Puolanka, Kainuu-region. Site included in the Taiga Rescue Network - The Old-growth Forests of Boreal Europe -maps

Clearcut in old-growth forest by governmental forestry enterprise Metsahallitus. Biggest customers of Metsahallitus are StoraEnso, UPM-Kymmene, M-Real.

Some old-growth forest loggings in Finland in winter 2003: Paljakkapuro / Elatti / Raatevaara / Kivilamminvaara / Kurikkavaara / Kuurnanvaara / Matovaara / Ahvenvaara

Some old-growth forest loggins in 2002: Harjala / Hämeenvaara / Honkanen / Umpinainen / Jannepuro / Katajasuo

See also: Anything Goes - report about logging in 2001